You teleport back to the edge of the Vale and find Isolder and Alyssa on patrol. From there you walk the rest of the day to the valley floor. As you walk you get the uncomfortable feeling the black sword is plotting and would kill you and flee if it could. Rubius, Sha’ar, Thaddeus and Argest are the only ones who can handle it without violent resistance or it attempting to exert its will over you.
Upon arriving at the town Ecscalon and Emerius, the massive orc bladelord, come to greet you. As soon as you come within 30’ of Escalon the sword writhes and emits a psychic shriek. It wrestles it’s way free and for a moment skitters along the ground before Emerius stomps on it, pinning it to the ground with 500lbs of muscle and armor.